The main thing for the weekend (July 8-9)

Baldur’s Gate 3 has raised revenue thanks to the scandal, Chinese case manufacturers are hinting at the imminent launch of a new Switch, Dota 2 is celebrating its anniversary — we tell you what happened in the gaming industry over the weekend.

On Friday evening, Larian Studios held a presentation dedicated to the upcoming release of Baldur’s Gate 3. The event turned out to be scandalous, as the company showed a bed scene talking about the sex of the main character with a bear. The latter immediately led to the temporary blocking of the company’s account on TikTok, as well as by the end of the weekend, Baldur’s Gate 3 got into the top 5 most purchased games on Steam in the world.

The Chinese business resource MoneyDJ believes that the new version of the Switch console will be available in the first quarter of 2024 (calendar or fiscal — it is not specified, the latter will start at Nintendo in April). According to the publication, this is indicated by the expectations of the Chinese manufacturer of metal cases Hongzhun. The latter expects significant revenue growth in the second half of this year. Hongzhun, according to MoneyDJ, is the main manufacturer of iPhone cases.

▪️Facebook* has released the code for the IGL graphics library. The latter stands for Intermediate Graphics Library. Its main feature is providing access to a low—level API for GPU management. The library allows you to create cross-platform applications and games that support OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan and WebGL.

Dota 2 celebrated its tenth anniversary on July 9. Its original release on Steam took place on July 9, 2013. The gameplay that formed the basis of the game is much older. The original Defense of the Ancients, which was a mod for WarCraft 3, appeared twenty years ago — in 2003.

*The organization’s activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.